I don't care if this film is commercially successful I just want it to be well made. Rani has excelled in recent films that have let her strip the star persona and focus on putting in a real performance. Bombay Talkies and Talaash were both soulful performances that made me fall in love with her again. I hope it continues with Mardaani!

It feels so good to see Rani! Seriously puts it into perspective how many miles behind girls like PC and Deepika are. Always astounds me when I read stuff like "Deepika is one of the best actresses ever". Not to pick on Deepika but I see her fans say that kind of stuff all the time.

I forever have remained a Rani fan and will always be. Whatever the boxoffice outcome is doesnt really matter atleast to me. Watching Rani,my favourite in big screen means a lot more than anything else and I do know for a fact that people who are fans of real talent just dont jump from one actress to another as the new ones pop up and I say this on behalf of all the audience. We love u Rani keep doing good work like you always do. We your fans are always on your side. All the best :)

Rani, Kajol, Madhuri, Ameesha, Juhi, Preity, Raveena et al need to realize that their time as lead actress is over. Either they do character roles or just stop. All their fans need to stop living in la la land and accept reality. None of their recent films as heroines have done well. Why waste producer and distributor money. And few fans who are going ga ga over them don't spend money to watch their films in theatres, so why act as if they are dying to see these films. And please don't compare these ladies to Meryl streep, as Meryl doesn't do Ayya Yo type of films, or films like Gulaab gang and Mardaani, she does better films and unfortunately such movies are not accepted in India.
I support big producers and directors who don't want to cast these heroines. Even I would not if I had to invest crores when I know that the jantaa will not watch them in theatres.

honestly this mentality is why bollywood is becoming so crap where all the females are just pretty faces and dont have to know how to act or have to do much b/c there role is like nothing. i miss the days when actresses actually had proper roles, when people could actually act.

Then u should not look forward to amir or srk or Salman movie becos they all are above 40...rani is a talented actress n there is always appreciation for talent ...i dunno which planet u belong to...y don't you stick to American pie movies...y do u even watch Hindi movies?

I agree with you. These actresses might have been good once upon a time, but their films don't do well today, which means most of the film viewers do not want to see them as lead heroines anymore. There is nothing wrong in accepting once age and behaving accordingly. Just a bunch of people here who don't agree with this can't make a difference as their ratio is very less in India. And what was Rani really thinking when she did 'Ayya' ?

what kind of a person are you! i am sure you thoroughly enjoyed their movies, performances during their hey days, and now just because they are above 30 and a bunch of young actresses are ruling the roost u make such weird ass comments? let me tell you the new actresses are not getting younger as the days pass and are u gonna make the same comments about them?

Whats make you think so lady? They are brilliant actresses and millions are waiting for bollywood producers to get over arrogant ,talentless actresses like you and focus on original actresses with true talent and class.

People like you are one of the reasons why sometimes why their films don't work out. It can be either a bad script or because the audience (people like you) doesn't want to see these actresses in films any more. I don't know why people think just because an actress is in her 30/40's she should stop acting. I think that if these actresses are given the right script people should want to still see their films.

In recent times, the films that directors themselves have said she has rejected are Begum Saru, Gulaab Gang, Ek Thi Dayaan, Midnights Children and Mary Kom herself Rani was to play her in the biopic. Rani doesn't have a PR that constantly informs us of every film she so much as breathes near a film.

Midnights Children, Ek Thi Dayaan, Ghanchakkar, Begum Samru, Gulaab Gang, Mary Kom. All offered to her. Just because she doesn't have a crazy PR team leaking stories of her offers, doesn't mean she doesn't get them. In fact, from the fikms I've mentioned, the directors themselves said they wanted her but she said no. Barring Mary Kom, where Mary Kom herself said Rani was offered the role.

aer u kidding me ?? she is first choice in timangsu dhulia next..ek thi daiyan..midjight children and even for juhi role in gulab gang...only commersil director like karan johar,farah khan,rohit shetty etc who direct such a stupid movie dont want work with her !!!

I have read that she was first choice for Madhuri's role in Gulaab Gang not Juhi. Juhi's role was for Tabu if I have good memory. ;)
Anyway it doesn't change the fact that Rani rejected (or she was replaced because of (...) - Yours opinion) a lot of scripts. For example: Dil Se, Lagaan, Munna Bhai MBBS, Salaam Namaste, The Namesake, Bhool Bhulaiya, Heyy Babyy, Billu, Parineeti.
Why she did this? Have no idea.

Yeah! I have heard about it, but I really need the source for that. :) The same thing is the source for Bhagam Bhag, Bhool Bhulaiya, Dil Se, Salaam Namaste. Rest I found.
Anyway she rejected a lot of movies with Akshay, not only Waqt (why?), Heyy Babyy, Bhagam Bhag, Bhool Bhulaiya. She rejected Sangharsh & the role went to Preity.
How about Billu? SRK said that Bindya's role for her (Lara got after Rani's refused) but some source said that she was replaced by Priyanka in song. Which is true?
Greeting Yaar. :)

I disagree. I don't think filmmakers are ignoring her. I mean even Amisha Patel is making more movies that Rani. The problem is filmmakers are not giving her meaningful roles and Rani is very selective about her characters and significance in a film. The combination of the two means we are forced to wait 1-2 years between films.

Sanjay confirmed this in one of interviews. Her said that Rani and Salman are his favourite actors. Even he took Aishwarya so many times to his movies doesn't mean he is his favourite. Madhuri was also approached for Bhansali's movies so many times too. And?
I don't said is it bad or not. It's his choice. Anyway for me it doesn't matter who will be choosen for Bhansali's movie - I like his way of making them. ;)

SLB's own words. "Rani is my favourite actress & my best friend". He said it after Black, after Saawariya & at the launch of his TV show. "Out of all the actors I have worked with, Rani is the best." Google it.